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Detroit Lions 17 at Houston Oilers 27
Sunday, November 13, 1983
Stadium: Houston Astrodome (dome), Start Time: 12:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (5-6-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Houston Oilers (1-10-0) | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
Scoring
| DET | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Florian Kempf 47 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Lions | Billy Sims 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 3 |
| Lions | Eddie Murray 35 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| Oilers | Mike McCloskey 13 yard pass from Oliver Luck (Florian Kempf kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Lions | James R. Jones 3 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 10 |
| Oilers | Chris Dressel 13 yard pass from Oliver Luck (Florian Kempf kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| Oilers | Larry Moriarty 4 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick) | 17 | 24 | |
| 4th | Oilers | Florian Kempf 21 yard field goal | 17 | 27 |
Team Stats
| DET | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-118-1 | 33-121-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-36-231-1-4 | 18-26-189-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-24 | 1-0 |
| Net pass yards | 207 | 189 |
| Total yards | 325 | 310 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-61 | 2-25 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Sims | DET | 20 | 105 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 90 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Eric Hipple | DET | 17 | 29 | 213 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 4 | 68 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| James R. Jones | DET | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Mark Nichols | DET | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 3 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Vince Thompson | DET | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 28 | 107 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Oliver Luck | HOU | 18 | 26 | 189 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 7 | 75 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tim Smith | HOU | 2 | 28 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Chris Dressel | HOU | 3 | 23 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Mike McCloskey | HOU | 2 | 21 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Walt Arnold | HOU | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Larry Moriarty | HOU | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Roosevelt Barnes | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| William Gay | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Jenkins | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Robert Abraham | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Bostic | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Brown | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chris Dressel | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jerome Foster | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Kay | HOU | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Malcolm Taylor | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Tullis | HOU | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Mike Black | DET | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Murray | DET | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| John James | HOU | 3 | 103 | 34.3 | 0 | ||||
| Florian Kempf | HOU | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |